Relationship Portraits

In 2009, the German container ship "Hansa Stavangar" had been seized by Somali pirates for four months. After its release, magazine covers showed a captain happy to have escaped the barbarian terror. This film shows the deeper layers, the invisible story behind the headlines, recounted from two protagonists' points of view: The pirate leader, Ahado, an eloquent, intelligent young man, and the captain, Krysztof Kotiuk. The former, who grew up amidst mortar shelling in Mogadishu, expecting to die at any moment, has nothing to lose. The latter will be left with nothing in the end. When weeks pass with no help from Germany, the captain decides to approach the opponent in a desperate attempt to save his crew. When both crew and company turn their backs on him, Ahado becomes his only confidant. Step by step the tragedy of two people is revealed - the pirate and the captain are destined to be enemies in a war that we're all a part of. Yet, they grow to form a close bond in the end. What's left when the roles we play, all moral categories and certainties implode? When you slide from a position of strength to one with no way out? And what is it like for those who have no choice in the first place? A psychological drama that addresses existential questions of war and human understanding.

The filmmaker discovers that her family has a dark secret. The brother of her grand father was one of Norway's most important Nazis during the German occupation of Norway. This has been a family secret until she turns 30.

Fifteen year old Georgiana is left to raise her 6 siblings in Bacau (Romania), since mother has to work abroad to get by. Torn between adolescence and heavy responsibilities, the teenage girl struggles to keep everyone afloat.

The true story of a community's struggle with loss and devastation after a former school teacher opens fire during a church service in East Texas in 1980. 30 years after that tragic day, survivors share their journey of dealing with trauma that few experience. With candor and vulnerability they share about the shock to there faith, pain of loss, forgiveness, revenge and the memories they relive every time there is a public shooting today. They remember the moments four valiant men raced into the face of bullets with no thought of their own safety, making a way for 350 others to fulfill their lives. Their story journeys from the pit of heartbreak and despair to restoration, ultimately letting go of anger and hatred to find peace again in everyday living.

When the future arrives to Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, one of the most secluded places on the planet, the destiny of this ancient salt flat is unearthed and one young salt gatherer becomes the last link between the old world and the new.

In the 1980s the UK created the most unreal, surreal, amazing and creative computer games of all time. This is their Story behind the madness.